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McM»H '!> Security Social security protection tor farm operators, business and pro men and women, and ;the so-called “self-em- urged today by the ulty Board in its ial report to Congress, k x>t*oqcIv mana- fessiorii others’ oloyed Social eighth —« „ 415>/V/*.V w ww-.p according to Miss Pressly, manu al the Board's Qreenwood Miss Pressly pointed facts concerning the these Americana indi- - «— a-J and salary workers now cohered: • According to Miss Pressly, the report discloses between 10 and 11.7 million “self-employed” throughout the country. About, half of these are farm operators and the other half are profession al and small business people. Of particular interest to such groups' in the Greenwood area, Miss Pressly said, are these words in Board’s report; > “Self-employed persons are of ten thought of in terins 6f well- tO-do business and professional men whose work is ‘independent/ Yet the 10 to 11.7 million persons excluded from substantially ail participation in social insurance by reason of their self-employ ment represent for the most part operators Of small fartns and stores, repair services, and the like, whose returns are small and whose ‘independence’ is largely 1 illusory. Hie common notion that •being in business for oneself guarantees a certain job security is (Usproved by the statistics on usiness turn-over and mortality, *. farm foreclosures, and dispos sessions. “As a group, the self-employed r.re older than wage earners and more likely to have families de pendent upon them. Although a • ew self-employed persons derive! very large incomes from their business or profession, before the war the proportions in the various i bra >ts were about the same as for persons receiving \.agcs and salaries; since that mor “ various wartime controls ha^e severely affected V bus’> “Letters r by the Boarr Radicate t v ' ,+ many owners ot little unincorporated businesses 1'ok Ion gin at the protection which wage -arn'T* have under the Social Security Act and other social insurance legislation. Of ten they are contributing under euch laws in beha-f of their em ployees while they themselves hjivp no ad^note ’'-"ans of mak ing provision for their old ages or assuring the support of their fam ilies if they should die or become disabled. Unemployment insur ance, which stems from the s°v- '/ "oe of a ■> ' mployer-eniployee relationship, is less applicable to persons who work for themselves | and self-employed persons who are less likely to suffer measur able losses of income from tem porary illness. In all other re- .pects, their need for social In surance parallels that of wage earners." Many self-employed men and! women, Miss Pressly ppinted but, have closed their businesses, be cause they were needed by war industries or because wartime conditions forced them to change ttieir way of earning a living. Many a^e building up social in- ranee protection now in jobs in private industry. Unless the law CONSUMERS QUALITY BABY CHICKS Barred 3and White Rocks, Rhode Island and New Hamp shire Reds. Hatches off each Tues. & Fri. 100 $13.75 50 7.50 25 t w 3.75 Add 50c for postage on 100, 40c on 50, and 30c on 25. AU flock bloodtested. Con sumers Chicks are U. S. Ap proved. Place orders in ad vance. CONSUMERS HATCHERY AUGUSTA, GA. Owned and operated by Con sumers Seed Co.. Augusta’s Leading Seed Store. ,, Nr? : . W cKairoian PAUL V. McNUTT FEDERAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR • • TO THE FARMERS OF AMERICA J OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WAR MANPOWER COMMISSION WASHINGTON. D C. December I, 1943 PAUL V, McNUTT DRAFT BOARD GIVES DEFERMENT CREDITS : FOR WOODS WORK MUHW—aatfaBimi 1 h»t—-■—— FARMERS CAN HOLD DRAFT STATUS CUTTING PULPWOOD k It is our purpose that every worker be used every available day and hour on some war-useful job. Traditionally, farm workers havt made themselves available in the off-season for pulpwood cutting, lumbering, satpuill operations and other activities. We hope that they will be available this year and that they will regard off-season work in essential activities as a wartime obligation. In order that they may transfer to war-useful work with a minimum of personal inconvenience we have taken three steps to simplify our wartime controls over manpower. These three points of simplified procedure should be known to and understood by every farm worker in America. 1. In considering agricultural workers for deferment, war unit credit for the production of essential crops — uox essential crc_ will be given for work in wood products production. Up to one-fourth of the total war units necessary may be for work in logging, lumbering, sawmill operations, and pulpwood cutting. Selective Service Local Board Memo randum No. 164 covers this point. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE REQUIRES NO RELEASE FOR PULPWOOD CUniNG M -LAX U • 3. New United States Employment Service instructions pro vide that farm workers may engage in such off-season activity without obtaining a release from the Employ ment Service office. If they continue in such employ ment for more than six weeks, the obligation to obtain necessary approval from the Employment Service rests with the employer. War Manpower Commission Field Instruction No. 89 covers this point. f in some localities other activities and occupations may take a higher priority. The local office of the U. S. Employment Service will know where off-season farm workers are most y urgently needed. These measures were taken primarily to aid the pulpwood and lumbering industries. FARIVIEK?: If you want to make good money in .ff^eason tim<* OO essential polpwood production, write or ca . .~ o *1 Waft TV. vision sseniiv** ^ Intentional Paper Company, Southern Kraft Division; mills a t Georgetown, South Carolina^ Pana ma City, Florida; Mobile, Alabama; Moss Point, Mississippi; Bastrop, Louisiana; Springhill, Lou siana, an<J Camden, Arkansas. * ** ****** WE BUY PULPWOOD FROM: J. DEWEY WILLIAMS, 1730 Holly Hill Road, Au gusiu, Ga. CANAL WOOD CORP., Chester, S. C, J. N. SHOPTAW, Aiken, S. C. is changed, however, they will be and economy in operation. For unable to maintain that protec- employers in every city and town, tion if they return to self-em- Miss pressly explained, this would ployment after the war. In the jnean only one employer report meantime, they are paying social f 0 r social security purposes, one security contributions at the same set G f wa ge records and one lo- rate as those who expect to con- , socia i security office from *.inue as employees and who will hi h in f orma tion and service on receive social security benefits. w . . « miestions One single comprehensive sys tem of social insurance should be established, the Board urges, which would cover all workers throughout the country and would provide some income for - nn L IIIIUI IliO* V/*x-r** ^ all social insurance questions :ould be obtained. X Sullivan News Pvt. W. L. Winn is spending a - « 1, his moth- American families to live on whenever the breadwinner cannot Pvt. W. u. wimi work and earn, together with a two weeks furlough with his moth considerable part of the cost ot er, Mrs. Janelle Winn. u . o. hospital and medical care. Such Miss Irene Mayson of Abbeville noon. -d r- in oath • ’ —^— .f ocoorts " pnd with her par-1. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Culbreath - ~ r’iuhreatn and family. Pvt. William M. Corley spent the week end with his relatives hers j from Vint Hills Farm Station at! Warrenton, Va. On Sunday night, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stephens of Belvedere,; Lieut, and Mrs. Wilbur Reames of | California, Mrs. Homer Anderson of Greenwood and Miss J uanita i Reames of Baltimore, Maryland, were callers in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Shuford. Miss Thelma Gilchrist left this I morning for an indefinte trio t i Idaho, accompanied by Mrs. Rob bie Ruth LaGroon. The Sullivan H. D. Club held its j I regular monthly meeting with Mrs, j I J. J. Mayson last Tuesday after-1 MB Wanted to buy Sap Pine, Gum and Oak Cross ties. Will buy lies at any loading point on C. & W. C. Railway. Will also buy ties at your farm or woods in truck-load lots. Ties must be stacked in convenient loading places. For full information see or write hospital and medical care. Surh Miss Irene ivxajrov.*. — a single system, it asserts, would spent the week end with her par- I Mr. and Mrs. W . XT. VsUIkrx v.v...— result in “much greater simplicity ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Mayson, an( j Mr. an d Mrs. Strom c;ubreatn *^*i.*ii^*Bi^****^—. and family were supper guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. — * * — —; + TRUCKERS We can re-cap your truck tires with Grade “A” Camelback without ration certificate. Expert Workmanship. Factory Method. 24 HOUR SERVICE TIRE RECAPPING CO. * r*. and family weio the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Winn Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Winn and familv were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Winn Saturday j 1 J. C. WINN PLUM BRANCH, S. C. |, night Master Jack SAVE YOUR tires Winn spent the week end with Master Richard Culbreath. Pfc. T. B. Gilchrist, Jr., of Camp Edward, Virginia, is visiting his father and relatives during an eight day furlough. Buy Your Furniture From , _ WHAT? A/0 OUT/ — ? STROM Easy « J ment Plan, inn Charge. 811 Elii» 3l. See John Warren, Augusta, Ga. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, PHONE US and Well Print Some For You In A Burry!! McCormick, S. C.